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Puya cuevae Manzan. & W.Till

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 335 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Loja: Yangana, paramo Cerro Toledo, 04°23'S 79°06'W, 3381 m, 16 Mar. 1998, J.M. Manzanares, E. Cueva & P. Ochoa 6644 (holotype: QCNE-146923; isotype: LOJA).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Loja,

Habitat: Terrestrial on humid paramos, 3000-3400 m. Elev.

Etymology: In honor of the Ecuadorian botanist Eduardo Cueva (1970-), from Loja, Ecuador.

Puya cuevae